An Introduction To The World-system Perspective: Second Edition - Couverture souple

Shannon, Thomas R

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0813324521 ISBN 13 : 9780813324524

Editeur : Routledge, 1996

Synopsis

In this second edition, Thomas Shannon extends his overall assessment of the world-system perspective to include the new theoretical and empirical developments in the field since 1989. Incorporating most leading arguments of world-system theorists, he addresses the fall of the Eastern Bloc as well as such current topics as relations with indigenous peoples, cultural analysis, methodology, women, and race. He discusses world-system analysis as a flexible and changing paradigm and considers future directions in the field.This advanced undergraduate and graduate-level text is the only book that provides an introduction to the world-system approach to the study of modern social change. Tracing the general antecedents of world-system theory and describing its major tenets, Shannon focuses on the basic characteristics and components of the world-system and the economic and political relationships within it. He characterizes changes within the system, including social and economic trends, cycles of great power leadership, and events and policies by which states rise or fall in importance.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Thomas R. Shannon is professor of sociology at Radford University and the author of Urban Problems in Sociological Perspective and American Social Structure.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0813324521
• ISBN 13: 9780813324524
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 276
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible